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SAMADHI179There the concentration in which the options of word, meaningand understanding are confused is called Savitarka Samadhior the Samadhi with argumentation.NOTESlf you concentrate and meditate on the gross objects, ontheir nature and in relation to time and space, it is SavitarkaSamadhi (Samadhi with argumentation). lt is Sthula Dhyana.You will get control over the object. You will acquire full knowledgeof the object. You will get psychic powers (Siddhis).The 'cow'as a word, the 'cow'as an object and the 'cow'as an idea, though different from one another, are cognised asindistinct. You begin to analyse. The characteristics of the wordare different; the characteristics of the idea are different; andthe characteristics of the object are also different. Everythinghas a name which has some meaning. When the mind apprehendsa word and meditates on its meaning and form as well ason the understanding of both, and thus lose itself in the thingcompletely, it is called Savitarka Samadhi. Sound causes vibrationin the mind. lt is carried through the external auditorymeatus (external opening of the ear), through the auditorynerve to the auditory centre of the brain. Now a reaction takesplace. The mind reacts. lt understands the meaning of thesound. Now knowledge manifests. Now comes perception orcognition of the object. The mixture of these three, sound,meaning and knowledge constitute perception or cognition ofan object. lt is Savitarka Samadhi.(3) Savichara Samadhilf you meditate on the subtle Tanmatras, on their natureand in relation to time and space, it is Savichara Samadhi(Samadhiwith deliberation). This is Sukshma Dhyana. You willget knowledge of the Tanmatras. You will have great controlover Tanmatras. Savitarka, Nirvitarka, Savichara andNirvichara are called Grahya Samapatti.(4) Sananda Samadhilf you give up the gross and the subtle elements, if you fixthe lndriyas in their respective places and if you give up thegross and the subtle meditation, and if you meditate on the